Shoe-stretching tree.



V. BENEDETTL SHOE STRETCHING TREE. APPLICATION FILED APRJfi. i917.

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VINCELNZE) BENEDETTI,

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M Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 16, 1917.

Lssmsrn To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vmonxzo BENEDETTI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lnlisznhe, in the county and fmprm'ed ShoeStretching Tree, of which i c following 3 full, clear, and exthe principal objects which the present lD PDtlOH has 111 view are: to provide a device for stretching the leg of a shoe without changing; the dimensions of the foot of the shoe; (to provide a device for stretchii'ig the leg and toe of a shoe sin'mltn-neously; and to provide an apparatus the character mentioned with. re mova'liie ports to adopt the some for a, vnriety of services.

Drawings.

.l igure 1. is a side elevation of a tree constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the some being shown in inactive position in a shoe;

Fig. 2 is a sinnler view showing the same in activeposition;v

Fig, 3 is :1 cross section, the section being taken cs on the line 3-43 in Fig. 1;

Fight is a detail view showing the front end of a fragment or the tree.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, the leg portion of a tree when constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, consists of two half sections 9 end 10 parted vertically to form the leg, heel and instep of the tree. The sections 9 and 10 'are pivotelly connected by a hinge 11. As shmvn in the drawings, the hinge 11 is locuted on a line extending through the heel and instep 13 of the tree Adjacent the upper endsof the sections 9 and area screw-threaded thimble 14: and a plate 15. The threads of the thimble 14 operntively engage threads on a screw 16 while the end of the screw 16 bears against the fees of the plate 15. As shown in Fig.

of the drawings, when the screw winced, the tree sections 9 and 10 are forced apart, the end of the screw lo'heering on the plate 15,. The bell section 17 of the tree hassfeather 18, the sides whereof are undercut to fit a groove formed in the section 5) under the instep 13 thereof. The ball sec tion 15 is detechehly mounted on the sec- I of Bergen and ltntelot New Jersey, haveinvented a new ends of said tree 16 is admeans pivotally Patented Aug. Serial No. 162,354; 4

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tion 9, being free to slide thereunder. When i desired, any length orshape of ball section 17 may be adjusted to thetree section 9 or said section may be omitted. as whenit is desired to stretch the leg p01 ion only of the shoe. Each ball section 17 has at the rear thereof, a wearing plate 19. The plate 19 is inclined permanently attached to the low the hinge 11.

Having a'tree constructed and arranged as above descrihed and as shown in the accompenyin drawings, the operation is as follows; T e operator desiring'to stretch the length of a shoe and the upper thereof first adjusts the ball section section 9, the shoe in the manner shown in Fig section 10 bethe drawings. By manipulating the screw' 16, the upper ends of the sections 9 and 10 are spread apart as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In this operation the lower end of the section 10 swinging on the pivot 11, moves forward. In doing so the hall section 17 is pressed forward. It is obvious that if the ball section 17 is designed to stretch the hall section of the shoe in which this will be accomplished at the some time that the upper end or open ing of the leg section of the shoe is stretched by the tree sections 9 and 10. Thus the two operations will he performed at one and the some time.

OZaims,

1. A shoe-stretching tree comprising a plurality of tree sections, one having an in step portion and the other a heel portion; means pivotally connecting said sections at a point in line with said instep and heel portions; means for separating the upper sections; and it too portion for said tree adapted for disposition in serv ice in sliding relation to the section having the instep portion and adapted for Inent toward the toe of the shoe by the section having the heel portion. 2. A shoe-stretching tree comprising a plurality of tree sections, one having an instep portion endthe other a heel portion; connecting said sections at a point in line ends of said tree sections; a toe portion for said tree adopted for disposition ITl'SGXVlCG in sliding relatmn to the section having the to correspond with a plate 20" movewith said instep and heel- 'portions; means for separating the upper 17 of the tree and then introduces the tree into ends of sa-id tree sections; a toe portion for a step instep portion and adapted for movement toward the toe of the shoe-by the section having the heel portion; and means operatively connecting said toe portion'and instep portion.

3. A shoe-stretching tree comprising a plurality of tree sections, one having an inportion and the other a heel portion; means pivotally connecting said sections at a point in line with said instep ortions; means'for separating the upper and heel for disposition in service said tree adapted to the in sliding relation toward the toe of the shoe by the sect on having the heel portion; and ineansflopjelrsection having the instep portion and adapted. for movement/ 5 atively connectingsaid toe portion 'ahdm- I VINGENZO BENEDETTI. 

